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Sally Fitzgibbons is an Australian professional surfer on the Women's ASP World Tour (2009, 2010). Sally was born in Gerroa, NSW Australia, in December 1990.

Sally played a wide variety of sports growing up and gained recognition quickly at the elite level progressing to various academies including the Illawarra Academy of Sport (Athlete of the Year), NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and the High Performance Centre at Casuarina (Surfing Australia HQ) for Surfing.

Sally started surfing at a young age, winning the Icon All-Girls Open Event [1] in 2006 age 16, Lennox Head. She represented her State and Australia on many occasions in a number of different sports, including Athletics winning Gold [2] at the [2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival] 800m and 1500m, Touch Football, Soccer, Surfing and Cross Country running while attending Kiama High School.

As a surfer Sally had her first significant results at the age of 14 becoming the youngest surfer male or female to win an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Pro Junior (Under 21’s) event and also finishing second at the World Qualifying Series (WQS) Billabong Easter Girls Festival [3] the same day. She continued to set records throughout her junior years winning the Australasian Pro Junior Series in 2007 and 2008. Sally represented Australia at the International Surfing Association (ISA) U18 World Surfing Titles in Brazil placing second age 15; at 16 she traveled to Portugal for the ISA U18 World Titles to win her first World Title [4] and backed it up the following year winning both the Billabong ASP U21 World Title and the ISA World Games Open Title [5].

In her first attempt to reach the Women’s elite World Tour via the World Qualifying Series [6] Sally set a record by wrapping up the 2008 WQS series in the first 5 events to become the youngest and quickest, male or female, World Tour qualifier in ASP history.

2009 saw Sally finish 5th [9] on the World Tour in her rookie year, with a win at the Portugal WQS event along the way.

Fitzgibbons is currently on the Women's 2010 [7] ASP World Tour. She has been runner-up at three of the five events in 2010 and currently sits second on the World Tour rankings [8].

Sponsors: Roxy Wetsuits and Clothing, Red Bull, Etnies shoes, DHD Surfboards, FCS and Gorilla

===== Notable Results (ASP/ISA Only) =====

2010 Results - Current Ranking World #2
• 2nd ASP Hurley US Open WQS Huntington USA
• 2nd ASP Movistar Classic WT Peru
• 1st ASP Estoril Surf Festival 6 Star WQS Guinch Portugal
• 2nd ASP Beachley Classic WT Dee Why Australia
• 2nd ASP TSB Bank Pro WT Taranaki New Zealand
• 3rd ASP RipCurl Pro WT Bells Beach Australia
• 2nd ASP Drug Aware Pro 6Star WQS Margaret River

2009 Results - 5th WT Ranking
• 3rd ASP Billabong Pro WT Honolua Bay Maui Hawaii
• 2nd ASP Gidget Pro WT Sunset Beach Hawaii
• 3rd ASP Ripcurl Pro WT Lobitos Peru
• 1st ASP Estoril Festival 6 Star WQS Guinch Portugal
• 3rd ASP RipCurl Pro WT Bells Beach Australia

2008 Results - 1st WQS Ranking
• 1st ASP Billabong World Junior Titles Australia

2007 Results - 1st Pro Junior Ranking
• 1st ISA World Junior Titles Portugal

2006 Results
• 2nd ISA World Junior Titles Brazil

Citation

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Sources

Newspapers

[9] [10] [11] [12]

Online Surfing Publications
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
[18]

Sponsors

[19] [20] [21] [22]

  1. ^ "All Girls Showdown -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  2. ^ "Sally Decides on Surfing -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  3. ^ "Billabong Easter Festival -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  4. ^ "ISA World Results 2008 -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  5. ^ "ISA World Junior Results -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  6. ^ "Sally On Tour -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  7. ^ "Sally World Tour Profile -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  8. ^ "ASP World Ranking -". Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  9. ^ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/talented-sally-on-the-crest-of-wave/story-e6frg7mf-1111112664872
  10. ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sports/sally-fitzgibbons-falls-just-short/story-e6frey6i-1225854669588
  11. ^ http://www.laketimes.com.au/article/enjoying_life_in_the_fast_layne
  12. ^ http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/other/sally-fitzgibbons-left-runnerup-yet-again/1854446.aspx
  13. ^ http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,20797,23926307-23210,00.html?from=public_rss
  14. ^ http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/news/story?page=movistar-classic-preview
  15. ^ http://www.surfline.com/womens/story_bamp.cfm?id=16385
  16. ^ http://surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/fitgibbons-beachley/
  17. ^ http://www.jettygirl.com/press/2008.01.07.asp.junior.html
  18. ^ http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2007/january/ayof_day2_2007
  19. ^ http://au.roxy.com/BACKSTAGE/GALLERY_d/SALLY_FITZGIBBONS_D/default.aspx#/BACKSTAGE/GALLERY_d/SALLY_FITZGIBBONS_D
  20. ^ http://au.roxy.com/BACKSTAGE/GALLERY_d/SALLY_FITZGIBBONS_D/default.aspx#/TEAM_t/SURF/SALLY_FITZGIBBONS/BIO_j
  21. ^ http://www.redbullsurfing.com/riders/sally-fitzgibbons/
  22. ^ http://etnies.com/team/girl/sally-fitzgibbons/
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